Shite in Miniature II

[sierraman]

Also the box is a 2 door and the car is 4 door?

[Split_Pin]

Ooh a BungleBox!

I could jump over a doll's 'ouse 😬

[sierraman]

8 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Ooh a BungleBox!

I could jump over a doll's 'ouse 😬

Your postman must wonder who ‘split pin Lindsay’ is. Sounds like a euphemism for something 🤣

[Split_Pin]

Half my parcels get delivered with that name now 😂

[sierraman]

Could either be the name of a blues band in residence at your house or some sort of onlyfans based carry on. 🤣

[flat4alfa]

I feel I need to know which one of the two it really is

[plasticvandan]

My collection of mechanical horses,and a Bond Minicar

[flat4alfa]

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I've got the Golden Hawk but in gold painted finish.

There are a few of the Consuls for sale with a box, are these from the gift set and mismatched or were they released individually too?

The Studebaker was the first release in the plated finish and by far the most common.  Perhaps they made too many by creating a surplus as there were far fewer Jaguar 2.4 that followed - in fact I can’t recall seeing one but of course have had one of the Studebakers

Regarding the gift set produced, Cleemput mentioned (in his book) he was glad that production came to an end as the extra polishing by hand became a problem

I think I’m right that back in that time, the models were shipped separately to the box and it was the shop that put the model in the matching box at sale.

It would seem there was a surplus of the plated Consul if they appeared separately outside of the gift set.  Perhaps the result of production miscounting, similar to the last run of the gift set having the Corvair  replaced by the Simca 1000 Coupe that was a separately-sold plated-finish model for 1964

Yes the two-door Consul 315 Classic is depicted on the box but correct as a four-door in the catalogue 

[MiniMinorMk3]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I've got the Golden Hawk but in gold painted finish.

There are a few of the Consuls for sale with a box, are these from the gift set and mismatched or were they released individually too?

 

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

Also the box is a 2 door and the car is 4 door?

Vanguards did the same

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Half my parcels get delivered with that name now 😂

I've gone over to QR codes rather than printing labels, so I have to mark all the parcels with surnames - but you lot add an extra layer of confusion with usernames too! My eBay has gone nuts this month, I've been lugging a huge bag of parcels to the shops every other day, I can feel the eyes boring into the back of my head in the queue

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, plasticvandan said:

My collection of mechanical horses,and a Bond Minicar

Who made the Bond? My grandparents had one when my mum was little, they used to go in holiday in it too somehow 

[sierraman]

33 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Who made the Bond? My grandparents had one when my mum was little, they used to go in holiday in it too somehow 

I think Reliant bought them out? 

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I think Reliant bought them out? 

I meant who made the toy version 😂

[MiniMinorMk3]

Just won a lot at auction. £55 plus commission. Once I have been to collected my winnings I will report on what's in the box and post up some pictures.

[danthecapriman]

18 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Just won a lot at auction. £55 plus commission. Once I have been to collected my winnings I will report on what's in the box and post up some pictures.

Nice!

Im trying to figure out what that delightfully 70’s shade of green one is just below the battleship?

[Datsuncog]

Dinky SHADO Interceptor from the UFO TV series?

[flat4alfa]

Yes that’s a crash landed upside down S.H.A.D.O that’s shot its load 

MATCHBOX SEAKINGS AIRCRAFT CARRIER!!  Had one as a boy, I wonder where it went

[bunglebus]

Day 17

I'm working away for the next few days, I did think about taking the calendar with me but I don't think I can. We'll see

[bunglebus]

39 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Stripy pink Europa looks interesting 

[flat4alfa]

Looking at the age of what’s in the box (my childhood right there in a box) that’s likely an early Hot Wheels Red Line perhaps the Custom Mustang

[flat4alfa]

20 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Stripy pink Europa looks interesting 

Yes spotted that, not exactly common I think and weren’t part of a set exclusive, they were mainline

Blue 1970 production were naked or labelled, in stages of labelling.

Pink 1971 and 72 had same sticker level.  These were maxed-out by Glenda before lunch because Doris couldn’t be arsed with hers

The one to get and don’t think I’ve seen us the black JPS for 1972